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1. The Management Board shall:

(a) adopt each year, by a majority of two-thirds of its members and in accordance with Article 10, a document containing CEPOL's multi-annual programming and its annual work programme for the following year;

(b) adopt, by a majority of two-thirds of its members, the annual budget of CEPOL and exercise other functions in respect of CEPOL's budget pursuant to Chapter IV;

(c) adopt a consolidated annual activity report on CEPOL's activities and, by 1 July of the following year, send it to the European Parliament, the national parliaments, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors. The consolidated annual activity report shall be made public;

(d) adopt the financial rules applicable to CEPOL in accordance with Article 21;

(e) adopt an internal anti-fraud strategy, proportionate to the risk of fraud, taking into account the costs and benefits of the measures to be implemented;

(f) adopt internal rules for the prevention and management of conflicts of interest in respect of its members and the members of the selection committee, as well as the members of a Scientific Committee for Training;

(g) adopt and regularly update the communication and dissemination plans referred to in Article 4, based on an analysis of needs;

(h) adopt its rules of procedure;

(i) in accordance with paragraph 2, exercise, with respect to the staff of CEPOL, the powers conferred by the Staff Regulations on the appointing authority and by the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants on the authority empowered to conclude a contract of employment of other servants (‘the appointing authority powers’);

(j) adopt appropriate implementing rules giving effect to the Staff Regulations and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants in accordance with Article 110 of the Staff Regulations;

(k) establish, where appropriate, an internal audit capability;

(l) adopt internal rules regarding the selection procedure of the Executive Director, including the rules on the composition of the selection committee ensuring its independence and impartiality;

(m) appoint the Executive Director and, where relevant, extend his or her term of office or remove him or her from office in accordance with Article 23;

(n) appoint an accounting officer, subject to the Staff Regulations and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, who shall be functionally independent in the performance of his or her duties;

(o) where appropriate, and taking into consideration business requirements and financial resources, decide to establish a Scientific Committee for Training in accordance with Article 15 and appoint its members in accordance with Article 16(2);

(p) ensure adequate follow-up to findings and recommendations stemming from the internal or external audit reports and evaluations, as well as from investigations of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF);

(q) take all decisions, taking into consideration both business and financial requirements, on the establishment of CEPOL's internal structures and, where necessary, their modification;

(r) authorise the conclusion of working arrangements in accordance with Article 34;

(s) adopt common curricula, training modules, learning methods and any other learning and teaching tools;

(t) adopt, where appropriate, other internal rules.

2. The Management Board shall adopt, in accordance with Article 110 of the Staff Regulations, a decision based on Article 2(1) of the Staff Regulations and on Article 6 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, delegating the relevant appointing authority powers to the Executive Director and establishing the conditions under which such delegation of powers may be suspended. The Executive Director shall be authorised to sub-delegate those powers.

3. Where exceptional circumstances so require, the Management Board may, by way of a decision, temporarily suspend the delegation of the appointing authority powers to the Executive Director and any sub-delegation of such powers and exercise them itself or delegate them to one of its members or to a staff member other than the Executive Director.